Definitions for DANDLE
ˈdæn dldan·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dandleverb

   move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees

2. dandleverb

   pet

   "the grandfather dandled the small child"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dandleverb

   To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

2. dandleverb

   To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

3. dandleverb

   To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

4. Etymology: Compare German dändeln, Old Dutch and Provincial German danten, German tand; Scots dandill.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DANDLEverb

   Etymology: dandelen, Dutch.

   1. To shake a child on the knee, or in the hands, to please and quiet him.

   Then shall ye suck, and shall be born upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. Is. lxvi. 12.

   Thy little brethren, which, like fairy sprights,
   Oft skip into our chamber those sweet nights,
   And, kiss’d and dandl’d on thy father’s knee,
   Were brib’d next day to tell what they did see. John Donne.

   Courts are but superficial schools to dandle fools. Henry Wotton.

   Sporting the lion ramp’d, and in his paw
   Dandled the kid. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 344.

   Motion occasions sleep, as we find by the common use of rocking froward children in cradles, or dandling them in their nurses arms. William Temple.

   2. To fondle; to treat like a child.

   Their child shall be advanc’d,
   And be received for the emp’ror’s heir;
   And let the emperor dandle him for his own. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andr.

   They have put me in a silk gown, and a gaudy fool’s cap; and I am ashamed to be dandled thus, and cannot look in the glass without blushing, to see myself turned into such a little pretty master. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 113.

   3. To delay; to procrastinate; to protract by trifles.

   Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service to them committed, as if they would not have the enemy subdued. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dandle

   Dandle is a verb referring to the action of moving a baby or small child up and down in a gentle or playful manner, often on one's knee or in one's arms. It can also refer to the act of pampering or spoiling someone excessively.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Dandleverb

   to move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant

2. Dandleverb

   to treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet

3. Dandleverb

   to play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle

4. Etymology: [Cf. G. dndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dandle

   dan′dl, v.t. to play with: to fondle or toss in the arms, as a baby. [Prob. Teut.; cf. Ger. tändeln—tand, a toy.]

Matched Categories

1. • Caress
   • Move

Anagrams for DANDLE »

1. landed

How to pronounce DANDLE?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DANDLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DANDLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DANDLE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dandle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DANDLE
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DANDLE
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DANDLE